Bumper



Much 23 1926. 1,578,062

R. c, AMBERG BUMPER Filed Sept. 29, 1925 ATTORNEY.

Patented Mer. 23, 192%.

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RUDOLPH c. Antenne, or encino, MINNESOTA.

BMPER.'

Application med September T0 @ZZ whom 15m/ay concern. i

Be it lrnown that I, RUDOLPH C. AMBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cholrio, in the county of Stevens and State lof Minnesota, have invented certain new and vuseful Improvements in Bumpers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bumpers for motor vehicles, and has for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth. a winged bumper whereby the wings thereof will swing back at an angle and provide a guard for the front wheels and further causing lthe object or obstruction hit by the bumper to glance thereolf, and furthermore incase of impact against-a person will push him to one side and not straight ahead in the direction of travel of the vehicle. Y

Further objects of the invention are to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a bumper of the winged type, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, compact, thoroughly Vefficient in its use, readily installed with respect to the front of the motor vehicle, and

comparatively7 inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically dcscribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the inventiom but it is to be understood that changes` Yvariatimis and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings lwherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a top plan view of a bumper,

' in accordance with this invention, and

' further illustrating in dottednlines one of the wings shifted by impact. l

Figure 2 is a front .elevation thereof. Figure?) is a section on line 3 3, Figure 1. A bumper, in accordance with this invention, comprises a pair of spaced supporting members 1, 2, adapted to be secured to the front of the vehicle and project forwardly tlleiefmai.a Each 015th@ Suprema l, .2, is in 29, 1925. sei-laine. 59,289.

the form of a substantially elongated rod of any suitable cross section, and provided at its forward end with a flat headB, which extends above and projects below the rod.

Positioned 'against the heads 3, extending 55 'ransversely with respect thereto, as well as projecting laterally and rearwardly'therefrom at anoutward'inclination is a pair of vspaced bumper members 4, 5, each formed fromv a flat strip of suitable metallic mate rial and consisting of an intermediate portion G and a. pair of rearwardly extending and outwardly inclined end portions 7, 8, which are oppositely disposed with respect to each other. The ends of the intermediate 05 portion 5 of the bumper members 4, 5, are finedly secured to the head 3 by the hold- .fast devices 9, and'said bumper members 4, are arranged above and below the supports 1, 2. The rear end of each of the end 70 portions 7, 8, is bent to provide abarrel 10 y'for connecting the said members to a pair Y of-vertically disposed pivot bolts 11, 12, and

each of these latter forms a pivot for a set of superposed wing members.

The wing members of the set which arev associated with the pivot boltv 11 are referred to generally by the reference character 13, and the wing members of that set which associates with the pivot bolt 12are gener- 30 ally referred to by the reference character 14. Each wing member of either 0f the sets of wing members consists of an intermediate portion 14 and a pair of rearwardly extending and outwardly inclined end portions 15,

. 16, of less length than the intermediate por- POS@ Dt normally maintaining the wing 10Q members in the position shown in Figure 1. The controlling springs for the wing members are indicated at 17.

Fixedly secured to the rear face of each of the wing members of each set is a rearwardly extending inclined arm 18, provided with a barrel 19 to pivotally connect said arm to a bolt 11 or 12. The forward end of the arm 1S is fixedly secured by the holdfast device 2O to a wing member in proximity to the rearwardly extending end p0r-.

tion 15. Secured to the rear of the intermediate portion 14 ofeach wing member by the hold-fast device 21 is a rearwardly extending and outwardly inclined brace piece 22, which is ixedl'y secured by the hold-fast device 23 to the arm 18, intermediate the ends thereof. The arms 18, in connection with the bolts il or 12, provide a pivotal connection for a wing member, and said arms 18 are braced through the medium of the brace pieces 22. Y

The arms 1S of each set of wing member are connected together by a coupling strip 24, which is secu-red to said arm by the holdfast devices 23, and by this arrangement 'the set of wing members shifts in unison and against the action of the controlling spring therefor, and as before stated the controlling springs for the sets of wing members normally maintain them 1n what may be termed a forward position and which is such that the intermediate portions 14 of said wing members extend inthe plane of the intermediate portion 6 of the bumper members 1, 5. A

The sets of wings are so arranged with respect to the bumper members el, 5, that when al set is struck the set will swing back at an angle and form a guard over the wheel so that the object will glance off the set, and if a set is struck by a person, the

said person will not be thrown straight ahead with respect to the direction of travel of the car, but will be pushed to one side and be prevented from being run over.

It is thought the many advantages of a winged bumper construction, in accordance with this invention, can be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, yet it is to be understood that .changes in the details of construction-can `be had which will fall within the 'scope of the invention as claimed.

lilhat I claim isz-- 1. A bumper comprising a pair of superposed bumper members having rearwardly extending end portions, a pair of pivot bolts carried by said end portions, two sets of super )osed spring controlled wing members, the wing members of each "set being alternately disposed with respect vto said bumper members and projecting laterally therefrom,

and means carried by the "wing members of .a pivot bolt.

A bumper comprising` a pair of superposed bumper members having rearwardly extending end portions, a pair of pivot bolts carried by said end portions, two sets of supcrposed spring controlled wing members, the wing members of each set being alternately disposed with respect to said bumper members and projecting laterally therefrom, and means carried by the wing members of each set for pivotally connecting them with a pivot bolt, each of the wing members of each set having a rearwardly extending inclined end portion.

3. A bumper` comprising a plurality of superposed spaced bumper members adapted to be rediy connected to the front of a motor vehicle and spaced therefrom, each of said members having each of its end terminal portions extending rearwardly, two sets of spring controlled wing members, the wing members of each set beingV connected together and arranged in spaced relation and further having the inner Vportions thereof alternately disposed with respect to said bumper members, and means for pivotally connecting said sets to the end terminal portions of the bumper members to provide for Van angular shift of said sets with respect to said bumper members.

4. A bumper comprising a plurality of superposed spaced bumper members adapted to be fiXedly connected to the front of a motor vehicle and spaced therefrom, each of said members having each of its end terminal portions extending rearwardly, two sets of spring controlled wing-members, the wing members of each set being connected to-4 gether and arranged in spaced relation and further having the inner portions thereof alternately disposed with respect to said bumper members, and means for pivotally connecting said sets to the end terminal portions of the bumper members to-provide for an angular' shift of said sets with respect to said bumper members, each of said wing members having the end terminal port-ions thereof extended rearwardly with respect to the intermediate portion thereof.

5. A bumper for motor vehicles comprising a pair of bumper members, `means ada-pted to be connected to the front of the vehicle for supporting said members forwardly of the latter, a set of spring controlled, .angularly shiftable wing members projecting from each end of the bumpermembers, and means for pivotally connecting said sets with the ends of said bumper members, the members of each of said sets being alternately disposed with .respect tosa'id'lmmper members.

6. A bumper for motor vehicles comprismg a pair of spacedrbumper .members having rearwardly extending and outwardly in,

1,57s,oee 8 clined end terminal portions, pivot bolts the members thereof alternately arranged' carried by said end terminal portions, a set with respect to said bumper members, and

of connected Wing members extending latermeans for supporting said bumper members 10 ally from each end of said bumper members, from the 4front of the Vehicle.

means for pivotally connecting'the said sets In testimony whereof, I aHiX my signature to said bolts, controlling springs for said hereto. v

sets, said sets having the inner portions of RUDOLPH C. AMBERG. 

